The Shepherd of Hermas

Below are some interesting quotes I found in the early Christian writing known as the Shepherd of Hermas:

The days of repentance for all the saints are over, although for the heathen there is the possibility of repentance until the last day Bearing a grudge produces death Stop saying all these prayers for your sins. Ask also for righteousness Be useful to God, for you yourself are to be used as one of these stones Can't you see that the tower is still being built? When the tower is finished being built, then the end comes You, therefore, who have more than enough, seek out those who are hungry, until the tower is finished. For after the tower is finished, you may want to do good, but you will not have the chance For the one who has received forgiveness of sins ought never to sin again, but to live in purity For when all these spirits live in one vessel, where the Holy Spirit also lives, the vessel cannot contain them, but overflows. So the sensitive Spirit, which is not used to living with an evil spirit nor with harshness, departs from a person such as this, and seeks to live with gentleness and quiet There are two angels with man, one of righteousness and one of wickedness For when you fear the Lord you will do everything well. This is the fear you must have to be saved. But do not fear the devil, for if you fear the Lord you will rule over the devil, because he has no power Even the smallest things from above falling on the earth have great power; so also the divine Spirit that comes from above is powerful If the evil desire sees you armed with the fear of God and resisting it, it will flee far from you and will no longer be seen by you, because it fears your weapons If you propose to yourself that they (commandments) can be kept, you will keep them easily and they will not be hard. But if the idea that they cannot be kept by man has already entered your heart, you will not keep themInstead of fields buy souls that are in distress Keep a fast to God in this way: Commit no evil in your life The preexistent Holy Spirit, which created the whole creation, God caused to live in the flesh that he wished If they repent quickly, and their home will be within the tower; but if they repent more slowly, they will live within the walls For it is on your account that the work of building has been interrupted. So unless you act quickly to do right, the tower will be completed, and you will be excluded